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| Title |
Plant Species Richness and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Global Drylands
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| Published in |
Science, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.1215442 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Fernando T. Maestre, José L. Quero, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Adrián Escudero, Victoria Ochoa, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Miguel García-Gómez, Matthew A. Bowker, Santiago Soliveres, Cristina Escolar, Pablo García-Palacios, Miguel Berdugo, Enrique Valencia, Beatriz Gozalo, Antonio Gallardo, Lorgio Aguilera, Tulio Arredondo, Julio Blones, Bertrand Boeken, Donaldo Bran, Abel A. Conceição, Omar Cabrera, Mohamed Chaieb, Mchich Derak, David J. Eldridge, Carlos I. Espinosa, Adriana Florentino, Juan Gaitán, M. Gabriel Gatica, Wahida Ghiloufi, Susana Gómez-González, Julio R. Gutiérrez, Rosa M. Hernández, Xuewen Huang, Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Mohammad Jankju, Maria Miriti, Jorge Monerris, Rebecca L. Mau, Ernesto Morici, Kamal Naseri, Abelardo Ospina, Vicente Polo, Aníbal Prina, Eduardo Pucheta, David A. Ramírez-Collantes, Roberto Romão, Matthew Tighe, Cristian Torres-Díaz, James Val, José P. Veiga, Deli Wang, Eli Zaady |
| Abstract |
Experiments suggest that biodiversity enhances the ability of ecosystems to maintain multiple functions, such as carbon storage, productivity, and the buildup of nutrient pools (multifunctionality). However, the relationship between biodiversity and multifunctionality has never been assessed globally in natural ecosystems. We report here on a global empirical study relating plant species richness and abiotic factors to multifunctionality in drylands, which collectively cover 41% of Earth's land surface and support over 38% of the human population. Multifunctionality was positively and significantly related to species richness. The best-fitting models accounted for over 55% of the variation in multifunctionality and always included species richness as a predictor variable. Our results suggest that the preservation of plant biodiversity is crucial to buffer negative effects of climate change and desertification in drylands. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 71 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 13% |
| Australia | 6 | 8% |
| Ecuador | 5 | 7% |
| Germany | 4 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 6% |
| Sweden | 2 | 3% |
| Chile | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 26 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 61 | 86% |
| Scientists | 10 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,813 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1% |
| Germany | 13 | <1% |
| Japan | 10 | <1% |
| Brazil | 10 | <1% |
| Spain | 9 | <1% |
| France | 9 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | <1% |
| South Africa | 6 | <1% |
| Sweden | 6 | <1% |
| Other | 60 | 3% |
| Unknown | 1661 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 402 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 382 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 196 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 116 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 102 | 6% |
| Other | 350 | 19% |
| Unknown | 265 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 733 | 40% |
| Environmental Science | 479 | 26% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 78 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 32 | 2% |
| Engineering | 17 | <1% |
| Other | 92 | 5% |
| Unknown | 382 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 78. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 November 2023.
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#2,994
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